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Sino – German
Agribusiness Conference 2021

            2 – 3 June 2021
   Nanjing Dongjiao State Guesthouse,
        Zhongshan Hall, Nanjing

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Wednesday, 2 June 2021

The specified times refer to Beijing time, with CEST in brackets.
08:00 – 08:30
                   Registration
(02:00 – 02:30)
                                     Opening Session
                        Chairperson: Zhang Lubiao, Director General,
                   Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) of MARA
                                                               Xu Huizhong, First-Class
08:30 – 08:40      Opening Speech by Jiangsu Provincial        Counsel, Department of
(02:30 – 02:40)    Government                                  Agriculture and Rural Affairs of
                                                               Jiangsu Province
                                                               Hans-Joachim Fuchtel,
08:40 – 08:50      Opening Speech by BMEL (video               Parliamentary State Secretary,
(02:40 – 02:50)    message)                                    German Federal Ministry of
                                                               Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
                                                               Sui Pengfei, Director General,
                                                               Department of International
08:50 – 09:00
                   Opening Speech by MARA                      Cooperation, Ministry of
(02:50 – 03:00)
                                                               Agriculture and Rural Affairs
                                                               (MARA), PR China
         Keynote Speeches: Approaches to Modern and Sustainable Agriculture
                        Chairperson: Zhang Lubiao, Director General,
                   Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) of MARA
                                                               Xin Guochang, Deputy
09:00 – 09:20      The Policy Trends of Animal Husbandry       Director General, Animal
(03:00 – 03:20)    Modernization in China                      Husbandry and Veterinary
                                                               Bureau, MARA
                                                               Ye Xingqing, Director General,
                                                               Rural Economy Research
09:20 – 09:40      The Goal and Tasks of Modernization of
                                                               Department, Development
                   Agriculture and Rural Areas in China
(03:20 – 03:40)                                                Research Centre of the State
                                                               Council

                                                               Damien Plan, Counsellor for
09:40 – 10:00      EU Farm to Fork Strategy                    Agriculture, European Union
(03:40 – 04:00)                                                Delegation to China, Beijing

10:00 – 10:15
                   Tea Break
(04:00 – 04:15)

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                      Chairperson: Hu Yan’an, Deputy Director General,
                   Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) of MARA
                                                              Wen Tiejun, Professor &
                                                              Executive Director, New Rural
10:15 – 10:35      Some Thoughts on the Road of Chinese       Development Research
(04:15 – 04:35)    Agricultural Modernization                 Institute, Fujian Agriculture and
                                                              Forestry University

10:35 – 10:55       The Development Direction of Modern        Zhang Jinwang, CEO Sales &
(04:35 – 04:55)     Agricultural Machinery                     Service CLAAS China
                                                               Alfonso Alba, Country Division
                                                               Head for Bayer Crop Science
10:55 – 11:15       Bayer’s Approaches to Modern
                                                               Greater China
(04:55 – 05:15)     Agriculture
                                                               China Chairman of German
                                                               Agribusiness Alliance
                                                               Mei Yonghong, Vice President,
11:15 – 11:30       Challenges and Opportunities in            Country Garden Group &
(05:15 – 05:30)     Agriculture                                Chairman, Country Garden
                                                               Agricultural Group
                    EU-Approaches to Modern and
11:30 – 11:50                                                  Prof. Dr. Harald von Witzke,
                    Sustainable Agriculture - the Global
(05:30 – 05:50)                                                Humboldt University Berlin
                    Dimension
                                                               Sun Xiang, Jiangsu Provincial
11:50 – 12:05       Development of Modern Agricultural
                                                               Department of Agriculture and
(05:50 – 06:05)     Industry in Jiangsu Province
                                                               Rural Affairs, Division Director
12:05 – 13:30
                    Lunch
(06:05 – 07:30)
                      Session 1: Modernization of Animal Husbandry
                       Chairperson: Dr. Jürgen Ritter & Tang Zhishao
                  Managing Directors, Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ)
                                                               Dr. Martin Schneider,
13:30 – 13:50
                    Sustainability in Agriculture              Managing Director, IAK Agrar
(07:30 – 07:50)
                                                               Consulting GmbH
                                                               Xue Tingwu, General Manager,
13:50 – 14:10       Leading the Animal Husbandry Industry      China Animal Husbandry
(07:50 – 08:10)     to Serve a Healthy Life                    Group

                                                               Hou Jie, Director of Customer
14:10 – 14:30
                    Digitization of Poultry and Pig Farming    Solutions, Big Dutchman
(08:10 – 08:30)
                                                               China
                                                               Zhao Zukai, Chairman of the
                                                               Board & General Manager of
14:30 – 14:50
                    Modern Pig Industry                        Animal Husbandry, Shenzhen
(08:30 – 08:50)
                                                               KINGSINO Technology Co.,
                                                               Ltd.
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                  Global Vision, Win-win Cooperation:
14:50 – 15:10     International Development of Modern          Wang Lianzeng, Chairman,
(08:50 – 09:10)   Laying Hens                                  Huayu Group

15:10 – 15:30
                  Tea Break
(09:10 – 09:30)
15:30 – 15:50                                                  Dr. Isabella Lorenzini, Project
                  Digitization of Dairy Farming
(09:30 – 09:50)                                                Manager, DigiMilch
                                                               Ke Bingsheng, Professor &
15:50 – 16:20     China's Agricultural Modernization: Goals,
                                                               Former President, China
(09:50 – 10:20)   Challenges and Paths
                                                               Agricultural University
                                   Panel Discussion
    Moderator: Ke Bingsheng, Professor & Former President, China Agricultural University

                                                               Panelists:

                                                               Xue Tingwu

                                                               Zhang Jinwang
16:20 – 17:30     Topic: Modernization in Agriculture
(10:20 – 11:30)                                                Alfonso Alba

                                                               Dr. Isabella Lorenzini (online)

                                                               Dr. Martin Schneider (online)

17:30 – 19:00     Dinner

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Thursday, 3 June 2021

The specified times refer to Beijing time, with CEST in brackets.

                        Session 2: Modernization of Crop Farming
                   Chairperson: Hu Yan’an, Deputy Director General, FECC
         Dr. Jürgen Ritter, Managing Director, Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ)

                                                                 Zhang Weijian, Senior
                   Climate Smart Agriculture, a New
08:30 – 08:50                                                    Researcher, Institute of Crop
                   Approach of Modern Crop Production to
                                                                 Science, Chinese Academy of
(02:30 – 02:50)    Address Climate Change
                                                                 Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

                                                                 Richard Zhou, Country
08:50 – 09:10      Digital Field Phenotyping                     Manager, Beijing KWS
(02:50 – 03:10)                                                  Agriculture Technology Co.,
                                                                 Ltd.
                                                                 Chen Peihong, Vice President,
09:10 – 09:30      Agricultural Modernization: the Solution of   Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural
(03:10 – 03:30)    SKIAD                                         Reclamation and Development
                                                                 Corporation (SKIAD)

09:30 – 09:50      Alibaba’s Digital Agricultural Solutions
                                                                 Han Qiwei, Alibaba Group
(03:30 – 03:50)    and Progress

                                                                 Shi Yuelin, Deputy Director
                   Internationalization of Modern Agriculture    General, Qingdao Municipal
09:50 – 10:10
                   in Qingdao, the "International Showroom"      Bureau of Agriculture and
(03:50 – 04:10)
                                                                 Rural Affairs, Shandong
                                                                 Province
10:10 – 10:25
                   Tea Break
(04:10 – 04:25)
10:25 – 10:40      Digital Agriculture of the Company            Peng Nanfeng, Vice President,
(04:20 – 04:40)    Yimutian                                      Yimutian Co., Ltd.
10:40 – 11:00                                                    Peter Kögler, Project Manager,
                   Compact Harvest Technology
(04:40 – 05:00)                                                  Kluge GmbH
                                                                 Dr. Ren Yanjun, Senior
11:00 – 11:20      Overview on Food Loss and Waste: a            Researcher, Leibniz Institute of
(05:00 – 05:20)    Sustainable Approach                          Agricultural Development in
                                                                 Transition Economies (IAMO)

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                                      Panel Discussion
                  Moderator: Prof. Li Yumei, China Agricultural University &
                            Advisor Agribusiness Dialogue, DCZ
                                                             Panelists:

                                                               Zhang Weijian

                                                               Richard Zhou

                                                               Chen Peihong
11:20 – 11:50      Topic: Modernization of Crop Farming        Dr. Ren Yanjun
(05:20 – 05:50)
                                                               Hao Hanjie

                                                               Alejandro Figueroa (Sino-
                                                               German Crop Production and
                                                               Agricultural Technology
                                                               Demonstration Park)

                                                               Zhang Lubiao, Director
11:50 – 12:00                                                  General, Foreign Economic
                   Conclusion
(05:50 – 06:00)                                                Cooperation Center (FECC) of
                                                               MARA
12:00 – 13:30      Lunch

          13:30 - 17:30 Visit to Modern Agriculture Sites in Jiangsu Province:
         Nanjing National Agricultural High-Tech Industry Demonstration Zone,
                  Baima Town, Lishui District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province

17:30 – 19:00      Dinner

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SPEAKERS

           SUI Pengfei
           Director-General, Department of International Cooperation,
           MARA

           Hans-Joachim FUCHTEL
           Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry
           of Food and Agriculture

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           ZHANG Lubiao
           He is currently the Director-General, Researcher Fellow and
           Doctoral Supervisor at the Foreign Economic Cooperation
           Center (FECC) of China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
           Affairs (MARA).

           He used to be the Deputy Director-General at the Institute of
           Agricultural Economics and development (IAED) of the
           Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the
           Director-General at the Department of International
           Cooperation, CAAS, the Director-General at China Agriculture
           for Trade and Economy (ATPC), MARA. (He also served as
           the Secretary-General of the Agricultural Industry Branch of the
           China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
           and the Secretary-General of the Agricultural Industry Branch
           of the China Chamber of International Commerce (ICC). )

           He got a doctor’s degree in agricultural economics from
           Nanjing Agricultural University in 1992 and served as a doctoral
           supervisor in agricultural economics at CAAS in 2002. He has
           guided and cultivated nearly a hundred masters, doctors, post-
           doctoral professionals, and academic leaders at home and
           abroad. He is invited to act as a distinguished professor at the
           United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) and an expert
           consultant for many international organizations such as the
           World Bank, African Development Bank, and World Food
           Programme. He has rich work experience in international
           organizations and government departments.

           XU Huizhong
           First-Class Counsel, Department of Agriculture and Rural
           Affairs of Jiangsu Province

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           HU Yan’an
           Deputy Director-General, Foreign Economic Cooperation
           Center (FECC),MARA

           XIN Guochang
           Second-Class Counsel, Bureau of Animal Husbandry and
           Veterinary Services, MARA

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           YE Xingqing
           Director-General, Rural Economy Research Department,
           Development Research Centre of the State Council. Mr. YE
           Xingqing started his career in 1986 and received a Ph.D.
           degree in 1995. Presently, Mr. YE is Director General and
           Research Fellow, Research Department of Rural Economy,
           Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC);
           Member of the Expert Committee on Rural Revitalization, the
           Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Member of the
           Academic Committee, Institute for China Rural Studies,
           Tsinghua University; Research Fellow, National Academy of
           Agricultural and Rural Development, China Agricultural
           University. Mr. YE has conducted studies on policies for
           agricultural and rural development at the State Council’s
           Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation, State Council’s
           Research Office and DRC in succession. He has published
           academic books like Economic Growth in China’s Edge Zones,
           Modernization and Rural-Urban Migration, and over 300
           academic papers on newspapers and journals. In addition,
           since 1993, Mr. YE was the keyperson annually to draft the
           policy documents, including No.1 Documents issued by the
           CPC Central Committee from 2004 to 2017. He has received
           many awards for excellent investigation reports and papers
           from Ministry of Agriculture, State Council’s Research Office
           and DRC.

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           Damien PLAN
           Counsellor for Agriculture European Union Delegation to
           China, Beijing. Damien Plan is an agronomist engineer,
           graduated from the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie
           de Montpellier” (ENSAM) in France. Damien Plan joined the
           European Commission in 2009. He initially worked at the
           European Commission Joint Research Centre. In 2014 he
           joined the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural
           Development where he worked successively as team leader
           for commodity crops markets (Cereals, Rice, Oilseeds and
           Protein Crops) and as International Relations Officer for South-
           East Asia (ASEAN countries). Damien Plan is Counsellor for
           Agriculture at the EU Delegation to China in Beijing since
           September 2019.Prior to joining the European Commission,
           Damien Plan worked for fifteen years in the private sector,
           more specifically in the agri-food sector (animal feed industry,
           starch industry, seeds industry), where he held various
           manager positions in regulatory affairs, public affairs and
           business development, both in Europe (Brussels) and in South
           East Asia (Singapore).

           WEN Tiejun
           Professor WEN Tiejun is Director, Centre of Rural
           Revitalization, Peking University; Executive Dean of the
           Institute of Rural Reconstruction of China, Southwest
           University; and Executive Dean of the Institute of Rural
           Reconstruction of the Straits, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry
           University, China. He is a leading scholar on macro-economics
           and agrarian issues in China and has served in many
           capacities including Independent Non-Executive Director of
           Postal Savings Bank of China and of Agricultural Bank of
           China, Chief Editor of China Reform, and policy advisor to the
           State Council and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of
           China.

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           ZHANG Jinwang
           With effect from January 1st 2021, Dr.Jinwang Zhang as
           Managing Director (CEO) will assume the sole responsibility
           and leadership of CLAAS Agricultural Machinery Trading
           (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and steer the reorientation of the CLAAS and
           CHUNYU's sales and service activities in line with the China
           strategy. Dr. Jinwang Zhang has been with the CLAAS Group
           since 2014. Prior to his current position as COO of CLAAS
           Shandong, he held various management positions
           accumulating a rich range of experience, including 4 years as
           Managing Director of OTTO-Fuchs Technology in Shenyang in
           Northern China and before that, 5 years as CEO of Putzmeister
           Machinery in Shanghai.

           Alfonso ALBA
           Country Division Head for Crop Science Greater China, China
           Chairman of German Agribusiness Alliance

           Effective July 1, 2020, Alfonso Alba takes over the
           responsibility as Country Division Head for Crop Science
           Greater China and becomes a member of Bayer Greater China
           Country Leadership Team. Prior to this, Alfonso was the Head
           of Crop Strategy Soybeans for the Crop Science division,
           based in America. Alfonso joined Bayer in 2010, based in
           Brazil, heading the Global Corn and Soybean Seed business.
           He became the Head of the PACA region (a collection of
           countries as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and all
           countries in Central America) for the Crop Science division,
           based in Colombia in 2015.

           Alfonso comes with over 35 years of experience in the
           agriculture industry, with focus on strategy development, crop
           protection, seeds and traits, marketing, finance, and mergers
           and acquisitions. After beginning his career as a breeder and
           product development role in seed industry in Spain, Alfonso
           joined Cargill Seed Division managing their Seed businesses
           in Spain, Argentina and Brazil. After Monsanto acquired Cargill
           Seed Business, Alfonso worked 12 years in Monsanto leading
           its business in the Mediterranean region, Argentina, Brazil and
           Western Europe and took a variety of general managing
           roles.Alfonso has an MBA from IMD Business School,
           Switzerland and a university degree as “Agricultural Engineer”
           from University of Cordoba, Spain.

           Alfonso was born in a rural area South of Spain into a family of
           farmers who cultivate olive plantation.

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           MEI Yonghong
           He graduated from the Department of Agriculture, Huazhong
           Agricultural University (HZAU) in 1987, and worked
           successively in China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and
           China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). He was
           once the Deputy Director-General of the General Office and
           Director-General of the Research Office, and Director-General
           of the Department of Policy, Regulation, and Innovation
           System, MOST. In October 2010, he was transferred to be the
           Deputy Secretary of CPC Jining Municipal Committee and the
           Mayor of Jining, Shandong. In September 2015, he resigned
           and joined Shenzhen Huada Gene Technology Co. Ltd. He was
           once the Director-General of China National GeneBank
           (CNGB). He is currently the CEO of Country Garden
           Agriculture and the Chairman of BGI Agriculture.

           Harald VON WITZKE
           Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Harald von Witzke is emeritus of Humboldt
           University of Berlin. He received his academic credentials from
           Göttingen University. From 1983 to 1994 he served on the
           faculty of the Department of Agricultural and Applied
           Economics at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA. In
           1994, he joined Humboldt University where he chaired the unit
           of International Agricultural Trade and Development. For
           almost two decades his work has focused on issues related to
           sustainable world food security. He has just finished a book
           manuscript entitled “Ökodämmerung der Landwirtschaft?
           Hunger, Climate Protection and Sustainability.” Presently he is
           preparing an English language version with the working title:
           „Twilight of Organic Agriculture: Hunger, Climate Protection
           and Sustainability.“

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       Jürgen RITTER
       Dr. Jürgen Ritter is the German Managing Director of the Sino-
       German Agricultural Centre (DCZ) since April 2018.

       Graduated in Chinese Studies and Political Sciences from the
       University of Tübingen.

       Worked as lecturer at the Institute of Chinese Studies of the
       University of Tübingen for nine years. Since 2001 Jürgen Ritter
       has been involved in the implementation of several cooperation
       projects between the European Union and China, mainly in the
       fields of Village Governance and EU-China Policy Dialogue.

       Martin SCHNEIDER
       Born in 1981

       Studies of agricultural economics at Martin-Luther-University of
       Halle-Wittenberg (2000-2005)

       Member at the Chair of Agricultural Economics at Martin-Luther-
       University Halle Wittenberg, working in the project: „preagro II“–
       joint research project around the topic of Precision Farming
       (2005-2007)

       Doctoral thesis: „The econonmic potential of Precison Farming
       with respect to risk aspects“

       2008 – 2019: Working at Agricon GmbH – medium sized
       company, provider and developer of smart farming technology –
       as head of product manager. During this time initiating and
       management of lots of research projects with Universities and
       SMEs

       Since beginning of 2020: consultant and deputy director at IAK
       Agrar Consulting GmbH

       Since April 2021: managing director at IAK Agrar Consulting
       GmbH

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       XUE Tingwu
       President and Director of China Animal Husbandry Group (the
       largest Chinese SOE in Animal Husbandry and the major
       shareholder of Mataura Valley Milk, BODCO Limited). Chairman
       of Mataura Valley Milk, BODCO Limited and Nouriz. Mr. Xue has
       spent over 30 years in China’s animal husbandry industry and
       health/nutrition industry, demonstrated strong leadership,
       management skills and in-depth knowledge of markets. Mr. Xue
       obtained his EMBA from University of International Business
       and Economics and a Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Science
       from Nanjing Agricultural University.

       HOU Jie
       Mr. Hou Jie joined Big Dutchman for about 10 years as the
       Director of Customer Solutions, providing solutions to
       customers' specific needs and actual situations. He participated
       in the design, construction and operation of many large-scale
       livestock farms in China.

       Mr. Hou Jie has rich experience in poultry and livestock
       equipment, farm design and management. He has profound
       knowledge of the digitization of livestock and poultry breeding
       industry chain and related equipment.

       ZHAO Zukai
       He is the Chairman and General Manager of Wuhan Tianzhong
       Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., which is a subsidiary company of
       Shenzhen Jinxinnong Technology Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of
       China Animal Husbandry Association, Vice Chairman of Hubei
       Leading Enterprises in Agricultural Industrialization Association,
       and Vice Chairman of Wuhan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
       Association. He was once the Deputy to the Fifth People’s
       Congress of Huangpi District, Wuhan. With nearly 30 years of
       management experience in the pig industry, he has a keen
       insight into the pig industry and its development trends as well
       as unique management concepts. He graduated from the
       College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University
       with a bachelor’s degree in animal science.

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       WANG Lianzeng
       Born in Handan, Hebei Province, he is a Senior Animal
       Husbandry Expert. He graduated from Peking University with a
       master’s degree in economics and management. He is currently
       the Chairman of Huayu Agricultural Science and Technology
       Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of China Animal Husbandry
       Association, Chairman of National Poultry Industry Association,
       which is a branch of China Animal Husbandry Association, a
       member of China Association of Agricultural Leading
       Enterprises (CAALE), Vice Chairman of Hebei Association of
       Agricultural Leading Enterprises, Vice Chairman of Hebei
       Animal Husbandry Association,a part-time professor and
       guest professor at Renmin University of China.
       He has been engaged in poultry breeding and incubation
       marketing for 39 years and has rich professional knowledge and
       practical experience. He focuses on adopting domestic
       advanced science and technology, introducing first-class
       equipment and talents, and enabling the company to be at the
       forefront of the industry with cost, scale, and technical
       advantages.
       He has successively won numerous awards, such as the
       “Special Contribution Award for the Top Ten Leaders in
       Achieving Prosperity in Rural China”, “Advanced Worker in
       China’s Animal Husbandry Industry”, “Figure of the Year in
       China’s Laying Hen Industry”,“Outstanding Chinese Private
       Entrepreneur”, “Advanced Worker of the 6th Advanced Workers
       Conference of China Animal Husbandry Industry”, “New
       Confucian Businessmen of China’s Three Rural Issues for Rural
       Revitalization”,“2020 Hero of Poverty Alleviation in Animal
       Husbandry Industry.” He was elected as the Deputy to the 13th
       National People’s Congress in January 2018.

       Isabella LORENZINI
       Dr. Isabella Lorenzini was born in Bolzano, Italy. In 2010 she
       moved to Munich to study veterinary medicine at Ludwig-
       Maximilian University. After her graduation in 2016, she
       conducted her PhD research on automised detection of
       lameness in dairy cows at the Institute for agricultural
       engineering and animal husbandry of the Bavarian State
       Research Centre for Agriculture. Since November 2019, she is
       project manager of the experimental field DigiMilch, which is
       funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and
       which has a focus on digitalisation in the entire process chain of
       milk production.

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       ZHOU Qiren
       Qiren Zhou is Boya Chair Professor of Peking University, and
       Senior Professor of Economics at National School of
       Development, Peking University. He’s a member of the Expert
       Committee of National Development Planning for the 13th -14th
       Five Year Plan, Member of Shanghai Decision-making Advisory
       Committee, and Member of Entrepreneur Advisory Meeting of
       Hainan Provincial Government. He was former Dean of National
       School of Development at Peking University, Member of the
       Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China, and
       Member of the State Council Health Reform Advisory
       Commission. In the early days, he served and was committed in
       investigation and research for national rural development at the
       Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the State Council,
       after graduation from Renmin University of China. He received
       his Ph.D. degree from the University of California Los Angeles
       (UCLA). In January 1996, he joined China Centre for Economic
       Research (CCER), the precursor of National School of
       Development at Peking University. His research fields focus on
       Property Rights and Contracts, Institutional Change and
       Economic Development, Monetary and Land System, and
       Innovation Incentives and Behavior.

       For decades, he has been deeply engaged in observation and
       research of China’s reform and development. He advocates
       Real-world Economics and explores the truth behind the
       phenomena. He obtained Sun Yefang Award in economics.

       KE Bingsheng
       Dr. Bingsheng Ke,Professor of Agricultural Economics at
       China Agricultural University. He has a long record of research
       accomplishments on issues related to agricultural economics
       and rural development. He is also a senior agricultural policy
       adviser to top policy makers in China. He earned his B.S. degree
       in 1982 from Peking University, his M.S. degree in Economics in
       1984 from Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural
       University), and his Ph.D degree in Agronomy in 1989 from the
       University of Hohenheim in Germany. He served as the
       President of China Agricultural University during 2008-2017.

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       ZHANG Weijian
       Chief Scientist of Farming System and Agroecology, Chinese
       Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China; Climate
       Smart Agriculture Expert/Consultant, the World Bank, and FAO;
       Director, Institute of Applied Ecology, Nanjing Agricultural
       University, Nanjing, China;

       Research Interests

       •   Agro-ecosystem Response and Adaptation to Climate
           Change: Crop physiological and ecological responses to
           climatic warming and elevated CO2, Soil biotic and abiotic
           responses to climatic warming and elevated CO2;
       •   Agronomic Practice Impacts on Soil C/N Cycling: Impacts of
           cropping system on soil C/N cycling and GHG emissions,
           Effects of conservational farming system (crop straw
           incorporation, manure application, cover crop, less tillage,
           crop rotation, etc.) on soil physical and biological processes;
       •   Crop Production and Resource Use Efficiency: Grain
           production with high yield; Water and N use with high
           efficiency; Techniques of cropping system for environmental
           and climatic health; Technique assessment and selection for
           regional agricultural development.

       Richard ZHOU
       Education:

       Master degree, Guanghua Management School, Peking
       University; Bachelor degree of Science, Dalian University of
       Technology

       Working Experience:

       Head of Sales and Marketing in FMCG (Uniliver,
       Danone,Fonterra) 1994-2004

       National Marketing Head and Denghai-Pioneer JV GM (Dupont
       Pioneer) 2005-2010

       CEO of Xinjiang Condy Agri-Science Co.,ltd. 2010-2012

       GM of Denghai-TG JV, 2013-2019

       GM of Syngenta Sanbei JV, 2019-2020

       Country Manager of KWS China, 2020-now.

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           CHEN Peihong
           He is the Vice President of Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural
           Reclamation and Development Corporation Co.,Ltd (SKIAD).
           As an agricultural extension researcher, he has been engaged
           in agricultural technology extension and management for many
           years. He was once the Deputy Head of the Jiangsu Linhai
           Farm Co.,Ltd., the Deputy Director of the Department of
           Agricultural Development, Jiangsu Nongken Group Co., Ltd.,
           the General Manager of the Planting Management Center,
           SKIAD, the Director of Jiangsu Association of Agricultural
           Science Societies (JAASS), and the Executive Director of
           Jiangsu Society for Plant Pathology (JSSPP).

           SHI Yuelin
           He was born in August 1964. He holds a PhD in agronomy from
           Southwest Agricultural University (SWAU). He is currently the
           Second-Class Counsel at Qingdao Bureau of Agriculture and
           Rural Affairs. He has once a teacher at Jilin Agricultural
           University, the General Manager of Qingdao Wanshida
           Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Co., Ltd, the
           Assistant Director of Qingdao Chengyang District Vegetable
           Service Center, the Vice Chairman of Qingdao Association for
           Science and Technology in Chengyang District, the Chief
           Agronomist at Qingdao Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,
           the Deputy Director-General of Qingdao Agriculture
           Committee, the Director-General of Qingdao Municipal
           Agricultural Machinery Administration, and the Deputy Director-
           General at Qingdao Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

           PENG Nanfeng
           He is the Vice President of Beijing Yimutian Xinnong Network
           Technology Co., Ltd. He graduated from the College of Foreign
           Languages and Cultures (CFLC) at Xiamen University (XMU)
           with a bachelor’s degree. After graduation in 1994, he entered
           China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
           (now the Ministry of Commerce, MOC) and was responsible for
           Chinese enterprises’ “going global” affairs. He once served as
           a diplomat in the Economic and Commercial Office of the
           Chinese Embassies in Turkmenistan and Estonia. In 2014, he
           joined Yimutian in charge of public affairs. Since 2018, he has
           worked as the Vice Chairman of China E-commerce Poverty
           Alleviation Alliance.

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           Peter KÖGLER
              •   born 1965
              •   Education:
                  mechanical engineering (ING I DE)
                  business administration (MBA I US)
                  corporate governance (PhD I CZ)
              •   Work experience:
                  DE, IRL, PL, UK
                  Industry: operations manager, consultant
                  Academic: lecturer, corporate management
              •   Since 2014:
                  Kluge GmbH, project manager
                  research & market entry, agriculture engineering,
                  University of Applied Science Dresden, lecturer
                  corporate management
              •   China experience:
                  presentations & cooperations Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan,
                  Shanghai, Shaoxing

           REN Yanjun
           Dr. Yanjun Ren is a senior researcher at Leibniz Institute of
           Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO). He
           received PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of
           Kiel. His research interests include food economics, consumer
           behaviours, and development economics, with emphasis on
           the food value chain and nutrition-related health issues in
           China. He has published over thirty journal articles and policy
           briefs, and leads or participates in a number of German or Sino-
           German cooperating projects.

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           LI Yumei (Moderator)
           Dr. Li Yumei, Associate Professor, Department of Law, College
           of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University,
           Exeutive director of Agricultural and Rural Legal System
           Research Center. Her research focuses primarily on the legal
           issues around agricultural law, land law, environmental law and
           Sino-German comparative law. Since 2021, she works at the
           DCZ as an Advisor for the Agribusiness Dialogue.

           Alejandro FIGUEROA
           Alejandro Figueroa, better known as Alex, is originally from
           Chile, but came to Europe in 1988. He has a basic training in
           agriculture within the German dual system and studied
           agricultural sciences at the University of Paderborn.

           Already during his studies he gained practical work
           experiences as a tractorist. Furthermore, he worked in Czech
           Republic and Slovakia for several international enterprises.
           Since 2012, he shifted his focus from conventional farming to
           sustainable agricultural practices.

           Since 2016, Figueroa works as an independent consultant in
           the fields of sustainable agriculture with a specialisation in no-
           till and strip tillage practices and cover crops. Since 2019 he is
           the team leader of the Sino German Crop Production and
           Agrotechnology Demonstration Park (DCALDP) project.

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